They Thirst Quotes

“Right." He smiled bitterly. "Well, look around. Just look. Have you ever considered the possibility that God might be insane?”
― Robert McCammon, They Thirst

“We?” Vulkan shook free of the Headmaster’s grip. “We? Didn’t you hear them shouting? Whose name did they call? Mine! Prince Conrad Vulkan, King of the Vampires! They call me Master. They recognize me as the highest power!” “I have given you and your kind life. I have taught you the secrets of power, the sorcery of Aba-aner, Nectanebus, and Solomon. I have taught you what it means to be a king. But you’re not invincible, Conrad.…” Vulkan”
― Robert McCammon, They Thirst

“I treated you as a…a special son, Conrad. My hope for a new beginning.” The thick shadow hovered, dark folds enclosing the prince. “So you would deny me, wouldn’t you? After all these hundreds of years, you would deny me in a moment?” The eyes began to burn with savage ferocity. “I have taught you well, perhaps too well, but now I see what was beyond my power to give you. I could never make you grow up. You will be seventeen years old forever, filled with the childish needs and fantasies of youth. You haven’t taken a kingdom, Conrad, I’ve given it to you. So be it. What is forever to you is to me…an episode. Now you have your kingdom. Protect it as you will. But you’re correct in one thing, my pupil. School is out.” The”
― Robert McCammon, They Thirst